Psalms 55 · Verse 10

Psalms 55:10

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Psalms 55:10, King James Version

Psalms 55:10 in other translations

BSBDay and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
WEBDay and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.
ASVDay and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
YLTBy day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness are in its midst,
DARBYDay and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.
BBEBy day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.
WebsterDay and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

What does Psalms 55:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 55:10-11
10-11. which is described in detail (compare Psa 7:14-16).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Day and night they go about - This and the following verse show the state of Jerusalem at this time. Indeed, they exhibit a fair view of the state of any city in the beginning of an insurrection. The leaders are plotting continually; going about to strengthen their party, and to sow new dissensions by misrepresentation, hypocrisy, calumny, and lies.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 55:9-15

No wickedness so distresses the believer, as that which he witnesses in those who profess to be of the church of God. Let us not be surprised at the corruptions and disorders of the church on earth, but long to see the New Jerusalem. He complains of one that had been very industrious against him. God often destroys the enemies of the church by dividing them. And an interest divided against itself cannot long stand…

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Psalms 55:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יוֹמָ֤םyo.Mamby dayH3119
וָלַ֗יְלָהva.Lay.lahand nightH3915
יְסוֹבְבֻ֥הָye.so.Vu.hathey go around itH5437
עַל\־'al-onH5921
חוֹמֹתֶ֑יהָcho.mo.Tei.hawalls itsH2346
וְאָ֖וֶןve.'A.venand wickednessH205
וְעָמָ֣לve.'a.Maland troubleH5999
בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ\׃be.kir.Bah[are] in midst itsH7130

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Cross references for Psalms 55:10

  • Psalms 59:14-15

    And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

  • Isaiah 59:6-15

    Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. …

  • John 18:28

    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

  • Acts 9:24

    But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

  • Ezekiel 9:4

    And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

  • Psalms 59:6

    They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

  • 1 Samuel 19:11

    Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

  • John 18:3

    Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

  • Hosea 7:6

    For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

  • Micah 2:1-2

    Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Zephaniah 3:1-3

    Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

  • 2 Samuel 17:1-2

    Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Day.
59:6,14,15; 1Sa 19:11; 2Sa 17:1,2; Ho 7:6; Mic 2:1,2; Joh 18:3,28
Ac 9:24
mischief.
2Sa 16:21,22; Isa 59:6-15; Eze 9:4; Zep 3:1-3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 55:9

    Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

  • Psalms 55:10

    Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

  • Psalms 55:11

    Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

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Psalms 55:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Día y noche la rodean sobre sus muros; é iniquidad y trabajo hay en medio de ella.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Engloutis-les, Seigneur! divise leur langue; car j’ai vu la violence et les querelles dans la ville.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Tag und Nacht machen sie die Runde um sie auf ihren Mauern; und Unheil und Mühsal sind in ihrer Mitte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum. In quacumque die invocavero te, ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es.